The need for dialogue between the vocational psychological and organisational perspectives on career

Patton, Wendy A. & Collin, Audrey
(2009)
The need for dialogue between the vocational psychological and organisational perspectives on career.
Australian Journal of Career Development, 18(3), pp. 52-56.

Abstract

As editors of the recently published Vocational psychological and organisational
perspectives on career: Towards a multidisciplinary dialogue (Collin & Patton, 2009), we
have considerable interest in this particular issue of the Australian Journal of Career
Development. This short piece will first present the purpose and thesis of that book and, in the
light of them, will then comment on the four papers.
The book suggests that to understand the multidimensional and multilayered nature of
career, “it has to be studied in a similarly multilayered and multi-perspectival way, and,
indeed, it has been” (p. 3). Scholars have pointed out that there is a wide array of disciplines
including economics, sociology, anthropology, geography, political science, various branches
of psychology (e.g. industrial/organisational (I/O), vocational, counselling), psychiatry,
education, organisation studies, organisational behaviour, personnel/human resource
management, industrial relations, and more, all of which have something to say about career.
Of these, the most influential, according to Peiperl and Arthur (2000), have been psychology,
sociology, education and management. These many disciplinary perspectives on career
constitute the rich field of career studies.

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